Did you know Allee Willis was the first reality star? Willis was a boiling pot of creativity, always boiling with ideas. She is known for writing some of those classics that will never be forgotten like September, Boogie Wonderland and the theme song from Friends, I’ll Be There For You.

Take one look at award-winning songwriter / artist Allee Willis and you see someone unafraid to be themselves. Dressed in a cacophony of prints and colors, her signature asymmetrical haircut and famed parties at her real-life Pee-wee’s Playhouse, Allee didn’t waste any opportunity to tell you what she was about. But privately, Allee struggled with not fitting established gender and sexual norms. She buried herself in her work, until true love manifested her ultimate masterpiece – self-acceptance. Allee began filming her life in 1950s Detroit and never stopped. This film is the realization of her wish that her “final art piece be someone putting together the trail I have left behind.” 

Besides Allee Willis partner, Prudence Fenton we also get to see other participants like Mark Cuban, Cyndi Lauper, Lily Tomlin, Paul Reubens, Michael Patrick King, Patti LaBelle, Pet Shop Boys, Pamela Adlon, Paul Feig, Mark Mothersbaugh share their personal stories with Allee Willis in The World According To Allee Willis. 

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As expected the first content creator, Allee Willis left stacks of video archives, diary entries, and all sorts of writing surfaces with notes and lyrics. With the help of Prudence Fenton, the filmmaker and director of The World According To Allee Willis, Alexis Spraic had a chance to go through it all. She found the eclectic touch to put together a documentary that colors who Willis was. While also showing us her struggles and pressures she felt from society. 

Check out the interview with Prudence Fenton and Alexis Spraic to talk about working together to bring us The World According To Allee Willis. Prudence Fenton shares what made her want to give us all a look at who Allee Willis was and more!

The World According To Allee Willis in now available On Digital

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